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Northampton, Massachusetts: January 26, 2010 — Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), the world's largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, announced today that it has installed a SolarWall® system on a new KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, MA. The use of the SolarWall® technology demonstrates the Company's commitment to increasing awareness of renewable energy, as well as Yum! Brands' emphasis on corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship.

The SolarWall® technology is a solar air heating system that uses the sun's energy to heat ventilation air for commercial and industrial buildings. It substantially reduces traditional heating fuel expenses and carbon dioxide emissions, requires no maintenance and lasts more than 30 years. The SolarWall® technology was invented by Conserval Engineering.

"This latest effort is a testament to the commitment we place on implementing environmentally-friendly solutions and continued research in the field of green technology,"
said Jonathan Balas, AIA, LEED AP, KFC Project Architect.

The KFC/Taco Bell SolarWall® system will displace more than 9 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and is estimated to produce approximately 100 million BTUs of thermal energy per year. This means that during the 30-year life of the system and the building, Yum! Brands will have displaced more than 270 tons of carbon dioxide as a result of this one initiative.

"In an era where a lot of companies are talking green, Yum! Brands is walking green", says Duncan Coutts, VP of Worldwide Sales at Conserval. "Yum!'s incorporation of solar into one of their facilities highlights how they are putting environmental objectives directly into action and showcasing to the public how CO2 reductions are achievable with the design of smart buildings.

Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE:YUM) based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 36,000 restaurants in over 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked #239 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues in excess of $11 billion in 2008. Four of the Company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver’s – are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican–style food and quick–service seafood categories, respectively. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opened more than four new restaurants each day of the year, making it a leader in international retail development. The company has consistently been recognized for its reward and recognition culture, diversity leadership, community giving, and consistent shareholder returns.

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Yum! News 2011

December 15, 2010 Yum! Brands’ World Hunger Relief Raises Record–Breaking $24.5 Million in Donations to Help United Nations World Food Programme and Other Hunger Relief Agencies Provide More Than 98 Million Meals to Help End World Hunger; Nearly $85 Million Raised by World Hunger Relief over the Past Four Years

September 23, 2010 Yum! Brands, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC Launch Annual World Hunger Relief Effort with Campaign Spokesperson and New World Food Programme Ambassador, Christina Aguilera; Aguilera Spotlights Visit to WFP Relief Mission in Haiti and Urges Others to Join Her Help 1 Billion Hungry People by Going to www.FromHungerToHope.com

September 20, 2010 Yum! Brands on Track to Beat Five–Year Clinton Global Initiative Hunger Relief Commitment to Raise $80 Million and Help World Food Programme Provide 200 Million Meals to School Children in Developing Countries; Yum! Raises $42.5 Million and Provides 170 Million Meals in Two Years as Part of World Hunger Relief Effort This Fall

September 03, 2010 Pizza Hut Named Most Trusted Food Service Brand in India by The Economic Times for the Sixth Year; KFC India Receives Recognition in Top Food Service Brands

June 28, 2010 Yum! Brands Recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine’s “40 Best Companies for Diversity” List for Sixth Consecutive Year

May 04, 2010 Yum! Brands Promotes Sam Su to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yum! China Division and Mark Chu to President and Chief Operating Officer, Reporting to Su; Su retains position as Vice–Chairman, Yum! Brands Board of Directors

March 24, 2010 Yum! Brands International Division Opens First Taco Bell in India; Yum! is Largest and Fastest Growing Restaurant Company in India and Building Taco Bell into Third Powerhouse Global Brand

March 17, 2010 PR Week Announced Yum! Brands’ World Hunger Relief Initiative to Raise Awareness, Volunteerism and Funds Wins Top Honor as “Cause–Related Campaign of the Year 2010”

January 29, 2010 World Food Programme Names Yum! Brands Partner of the Year for World Hunger Relief Effort to Help End Global Hunger

January 27, 2010 Muhammad Ali and Christina Aguilera Raise Funds for United Nations World Food Programme Relief Efforts in Haiti by Appearing in Global PSA